On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Rick Cogan wrote:
Microsoft Bob was an interface they briefly introduced to
overlay either Windows 3.1 or Windows 95, I don't remember
which one. It was geared to Kids/Family/Home users and was
meant to make it easy for non-tech users to work with
Windows, play games, e-mail, etc. I never loaded it so I
don't know everything it did, but it didn't last long.
It would have been more successful as a bobbing head doll. :D
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob>
Microsoft Bob was a product released by Microsoft in March 1995
as an adventure game-like interface for performing tasks on
one's computer. Despite its ambitious nature, Bob failed to
penetrate the market and is widely considered a major failure
for Microsoft. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted as
much, naming Bob as one project "we [had] undertaken ... where
we decided that we have not succeeded and let's stop."
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If anybody wants to see more of Bob check out the links at the
end of the wikipedia article, like:
<http://www.dans20thcenturyabandonware.com/ms-bob.html>
<http://toastytech.com/guis/bob.html>
BTW Bob's yellow dog, Rover, is still with us to this day.
<VBG>
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